Pocketed receptacle.



W. B. SM ITH.

POCKETED RECEPTACLE.

Patented Apr. 6, 1915.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4, 1914.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. SMITH, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,

cles, of which the following is a-full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification.

' My invention relates to pocketed receptacles and has for its object the provision of improved means that will enable the formation of containing pockets in arbitrarily determined and variable sizes to adapt the pockets to their contents, the structure of'my inventionnot only enabling this formation of the pockets but maintaining such formation so that the sizes of the pockets may not be accidentally modified after the pockets are formed. r

- In carrying out my invention I employ a backing, which is preferably in the form of a board, a pocket forming strip of flexible material, and a pair of clamping members for forming each pocket, these clamping members being adjustable longitudinally of the backing and each operating to clamp the strip against its backing, a selected amount of the pocket forming strip being gathered between these clamping members to form a pocket of the selected size.

A plurality of sets of pocket forming devices are provided, these sets being relatively adjustable whereby the locations of the pocketsmay be determined in a manner not to interfere with the sizes of the pockets that are to be formed.

7 Instead of providing pockets of fixed and unchangeable sizes to which the contained articles must be adapted, the pockets are made in fixed but changeable sizes so that they may be adapted to the contained articles. tant embodiment in those pocketed receptacles that are used in trunks, valises, etc. since the user need not be limited in his choice of implements to those which are adapted to pockets of unchangeable size as .he is able to change the size of the pockets to adapt them to the implements of his selection.

The various features of my invention and the advantages thereof will be fully pointed out in connection with the preferred embodiment of the invention shown by the accom- Specification of Letters Patent.

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Pocketed Receptzv My invention thus finds a very1mpor-' Figure 1 is a front face view of a pocketed receptacle constructed in accordance "with my invention; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. '1; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a part of the structure on 111161 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detail view showing a, spring roller upon which the pocket forming strip may be wound; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a part of the structure.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout 'thediiferent figures.

. The strip a of'flexible material of which the-pockets are to be made may be of any suitably thin material such as leather, split leather, or some textile fabric. It maybe Patented Apr.- 6, 1915.

Application filed June 4, 1914.- Serial No. 842,844;

anchored at one endupon a roller b which roller.is preferably similarto those rollers upon which window shades are wound and which are known as Hartshorn rollers. The roller illustrated is a Hartshorn roller and as it is so well known it will not be described in detail, it sufficing to say that suflicient material may be drawn from the roller to form the pockets, the rollerbeing adapted to hold the strip or belt sufliciently tight without the necessity of winding-the same by hand, all as is well understood by those familiar with window shade rollers. If the device is so positioned that the holdingv pawls b of the roller will not operate by gravity these pawls may be provided with light springs 12 to furnish the action otherwise produced by gravity. The major part of the unwound portion of the belt rests against a backing c which is desirably non-metallic for the sake of lightness, wood being a desirable material from which the major part of the board is made, though the invention is not to be limited to any specific material, the term board being used in a broad sense irrespective of the material of which the board is made.

Two grooves or slots 01 are formed lengthwise of the board and are spaced apart sub stantially the width. of the belt or strip a and when the board is made mainly of wood these slots are desirably formed in metal plates. 6 extending longitudinally of the board and forming a component part of the board structure, these plates being received within recesses in the wooden portion of the board structure so that the top of the plates will be flush with the balance of the top surface of the board structure. The spacings afforded by the slots d are continued and enlarged beneath the plates 6 whereby longitudinal channels f are formed and which underlie the plates 6. The channels f are"par allel as are the slots at (Z in the plates 6. The stems of threaded bolts 9 upwardly pass through the slots at cZ in the plates 6, the base portions h of the stems being flattened to engage the edge portions of the plates 6 which margin the slots (Z whereby the stems of the bolts may not materially turn in the slots. The heads 2' of the bolts are received in the channels f, the top surfaces of these heads being engaged by the bottom surface of the plates 0 whereby the extent to which the bolts may be elevated while their heads are beneath the plates 6 is limited.

In order that the heads of the bolts can be received beneath the plates 6 the slots in the plates 6 are enlarged at the ends of the plates, these enlargements being suflicient to permit of the insertion of the bolt heads therethrough whereafter the bolts may be moved longitudinally of the plates to bring the boltv heads beneath the plates as illustrated clearly in Fig. 2. The bolts are placed in pairs, one bolt of each pair being in each slot. A clamping bar is is inclividual to each pair of bolts, this clamping bar being apertured at its ends to permit the bolt stems to pass through the bar. Clamping nuts Z are screwed upon the portions of the bolt stems that project upwardly beyond the bar Zc. Each pair of bolts and its clamping nuts forms a part of a clamping struc ture, the board constituting a clamping member which is complemental to the other clamping elements. As there are a number of clamping bars and complemental bolts and nuts, the board constitutes a single clamping member which is common to the remaining clamping members, the remaining clamping members being adjustable longitudinally ofthe board when the nuts Z are loose and serving, when the nuts Z are tightened, to exert suflicient pressure upon the pocket forming strip and the backing board as to lock selected portions of the pocket forming strip and backing in fixed engagement to provide pockets of fixed sizes. The flexible strip a is unwound to a sufficient extent from the roller 6 and is passed between the elamping bars 70 and the board, this strip being preferably equal in width to the distance between the parallel slots (Z. It requires two clamping bars 70, acting in cooperation with the board and the strip a, to form a containing pocket, and when a pocket is formed its size is fixed by means of the clamping nuts Z that draw the heads 71 against the bottom faces of the plates 6 and press the bars Z2 tightly upon the strip a, the margins of each pocket thus being firmly clamped and held against the board. There is thus required to form each pocket two adjacent pairs of bolts with their nuts and two adjacent clamping bars 75 constituting a pair. hen the user wishes to form a pocket he will generally loosen all of the nuts Z pertaining to a pocket defining collection of nuts and clamping bars whereby he is enabled to define the location of a pocket with respect to the board and with respect to other pockets which may have been previously formed. He will next clamp that clamping bar 7a, which is nearer the roller Z), firmly to clamp one side of the pocket in place and will thereafter insert the article to be contained between the clamping bars of the pocket forming pair and between the strip a and the board whereafter the other clamping bar is of this pair is brought as close to the article to be contained as practicable whereupon the strip a is drawn in a direction away from the roller to bring the pocket to size, such size being maintained by clamping the second bar 70 in position by means of its nuts Z. Pockets of various sizes may thus be formed and distributed along the flexible strip or tape a, the pockets being distributed in any selected positions where their size and location is readily maintained by means of the construction de scribed. Thus some of the pockets may be made sufiiciently small to hold the various implements of a manicure set while other pockets may be made larger to hold a soap box, a shaving brush, a safety razor outfit, etc.

The device of my invention is of particular use in connection with trunks, valises, etc., but the invention is not to be limited to any particular adaptation thereof.

1 am aware of the expired Patent 356,493 granted to James Nosworthy January 25, 1887. In order to maintain the adjustment of the pockets of the Nosworthy structure it is necessary that all of the pockets contain their contents whereas in my device it is immaterial whether the pockets are empty or occupied.

While I have herein shown and particularly described the preferred embodiment of my invention I do not Wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown as changes may readily be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, but

Having thus described my invention. 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following 1. A pocketed receptacle including a backing; a longitudinally adjustable pocket forming strip acting in conjunction with the backing to form pockets; and a plurality of pressure exerting clamping members operable toward and from the backing and adjustable longitudinally of the backing for locking selected portions of the pocket forming strip and backing in fixed engagement to provide pockets of fixed sizes.

2. A pocketed receptacle including a backing board; a longitudinally adjustable pocket forming strip acting in conjunction with the board to form pockets; and a plurality of clamping members operable toward and from the board and adjustable longitudinally of the board and in engagement therewith to constitute the board a clamping member common to the aforesaid clamping members and complemental thereto, the aforesaid clamping members cooperating with the clamping member common thereto to lock selected portions of the pocket forming strip and board in fixed engagement to provide pockets of fixed sizes.

3. A pocketed receptacle including a backing board; a longitudinally adjustable pocket forming strip acting in conjunction with the board to form pockets, there being slots in the board which margin the longitudinal edges of said strip; bolts having threaded stems projecting upwardly through the slots and heads at the lower ends of' said stems which underlie portions that mar-r bars upon the strip which is interposed be tween the clamping bars and the board.

a. A pocketed receptacle including a back- 7 with the board to form pockets, there being slots in the board which margin the longi tudinal edges of said strip; bolts having threaded stems projecting upwardly through the slots and heads at the lower ends of said stems which underlie portions that margin the longitudinal edges of the slots, said bolts being adjustable longitudinally of the slots; clamping bars arranged transversely of'the slots and each receiving the stem of a bolt in each slot, these clamping bars being adjustable longitudinally of the slots; nuts in engagement with the upper ends of the bolt stems and operating to clamp said bars upon the strip which is interposed between the clamping bars and the board; and a roller upon which said strip may bewound and from which it may be unwound. I

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this twenty seventh day ofMay A. D., 1914. 7

WILLIAM B. SMITH.v

Witnesses: i

' ETTA L. WHITE,

G. L. CRAGG.

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Washington, D. G. 

